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Judenfrei describes the local Jewish population having been removed from a town, region, or country by forced evacuation during the Holocaust, though many Jews were hidden by local people. Removal methods included forced re-housing in Nazi ghettos especially in eastern Europe , and forced removal or Resettlement to the East by German troops ...
Among the classical Jewish sources, besides the biblical account, Josephus mentions that Cyrus freed the Jews from captivity and helped rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem. He also wrote to the other rulers and governors of the region, instructing them to contribute to the project. A letter from Cyrus to the Jewish people is described by Josephus: [11]
Country of origin Awards Notes Poland 7,177: The largest contingent. [2] It includes a wide variety of both individuals of different occupations and organized activists, including Irena Sendler (Polish social worker who served in Polish Underground and Żegota resistance organization in Warsaw, saving 2,500 Jewish children); Jan Karski (who reported on the situation of Jews in occupied Poland ...
The Neo-Babylonian Empire under the rule of Nebuchadnezzar II occupied the Kingdom of Judah between 597–586 BCE and destroyed the First Temple in Jerusalem. [2] According to the Hebrew Bible, the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, was forced to watch his sons put to death, then his own eyes were put out and he was exiled to Babylon (2 Kings 25).
The Holocaust by country (35 C, 26 P) * Jews and Judaism by former country (17 C, 1 P) + ... History of the Jews in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
Most of them were Holocaust survivors, about 60% from the displaced person camps and others from the Balkans and other Eastern European countries. [4] A very small group of Moroccan Jews was also in the camps. [4] The prisoners were mostly young, 80% between 13 and 35, and included over 6,000 orphans. [4] About 2,000 children were born in the ...
Cyrus II "the Great" was a son of Cambyses I, who had named his son after his father, Cyrus I. [36] There are several inscriptions of Cyrus the Great and later kings that refer to Cambyses I as the "great king" and "king of Anshan". Among these are some passages in the Cyrus cylinder where Cyrus calls himself "son of Cambyses, great king, king ...
Jews rounded up in Stadthagen by SA and police, 10 November. Approximately 30,000 Jews in Germany and Austria were deported within the region or the country after the Kristallnacht of 9/10 November 1938. [1] [2] They were taken to the concentration camps Buchenwald, Dachau and Sachsenhausen by the NSDAP organizations and the police in the days ...